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  • Bob Marley

    L’icône du reggae

    Series Book 51 - Grandes Personnalités
    Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Bob Marley en moins d'une heure !Personnalité incontournable de la culture populaire, Bob Marley a connu un succès à l'échelle mondiale, autant pour sa carrière musicale que pour ses combats idéologiques. Au-delà de ses textes qui prônent la paix, il chante aussi l'amour avec notamment One Love en 1977. Près de 40 ans après sa mort, il reste un symbole ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bob Marley

    The Untold Story

    A journalist's access to the music icon gives this account an "authenticity that sets the book apart from other biographies about the man and the legend" (Steve Richards, The Independent).The man who introduced reggae to a worldwide audience, Bob Marley was a hero figure in the classic, mythological sense. From humble beginnings, with talent and religious belief his only weapons, the Jamaican ... Read more

    $15.83 CAD

  • No Woman No Cry

    My Life with Bob Marley

    A revealing memoir of Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley from the woman who knew him better than anyone—his wife.Rita Marley met Bob Marley in a recording studio in Trench Town, Jamaica when she was eighteen. A year later, they were married. The two of them set the world on fire. But life with Bob was not easy.Written with author Hettie Jones, No Woman No Cry is an honest account of Bob and Rita’s ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

  • Listen to Bob Marley

    The Man, the Music, the Revolution

    by Kris Greene ...
    An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation. Known worldwide for their message of peace and unity, Marley's songs—from "One Love" to "Redemption Song" to "Three Little Birds"—have touched millions of lives. This collection is the best of Bob Marley presented in three ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Exodus

    The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century

    A searing portrait of Bob Marley and the making of Exodus, Time’s best album of the twentieth century—and an acutely perceptive appreciation of his musical and spiritual legacy“Finely reported, vividly written, and politically astute, Vivien Goldman travels with Bob Marley on the intimate journey that led him to become the voice of the Exodus.” —Mariane Pearl, author of A Mighty Heart: The Brave ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Bass Culture

    When Reggae Was King

    by Lloyd Bradley ...
    The first major account of the history of reggae, black music journalist Lloyd Bradley describes its origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and then to reggae itself, a local music which conquered the world. There are many extraordinary stories about characters like Prince Buster, King Tubby and Bob Marley. But this is more than a book of music history: it relates the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Future Is the Beginning

    The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley

    by Bob Marley ...
    In this one-of-a-kind collection, edited by Gerald Hausman and with an introduction by Cedella Marley, the words of reggae legend Bob Marley are gathered together to give readers a sense of his deeply felt and powerfully motivated sense of spirit. The texts, many unpublished in book form, were gathered at 56 Hope Road, Kingston, Jamaica, where Bob lived and worked in the 1970s.Bob Marley's wisdom ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers

    by John Masouri ...
    This full-blooded story of The Wailers puts the life, music and death of the legendary Bob Marley into a razor-sharp new perspective.The Wailers played with Marley on all of the hit singles and albums that made him a legend, yet their story since his death is a little-known saga of betrayal, greed and murder that is told here in its entirety for the first time.Written in collaboration with Aston ... Read more

    $16.55 CAD

  • I & I: The Natural Mystics

    Marley, Tosh and Wailer

    by Colin Grant ...
    Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trench Town R&B crooners, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks to become the Wailers - one of the most influential groups in popular music. Now one of our best and brightest non-fiction writers examines for the first time the story of the legendary reggae band ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius

    by Kwame Dawes ...
    The quintessential folk poet of the Third World, Bob Marley influenced generations of musicians and writers. He was a performer who held true to his religious and cultural heritage, who rallied against injustice, and who became an internationally revered musical icon.Renowned poet and scholar Kwame Dawes analyses in detail his verses and lyrics, matching them against the social and political ... Read more

    $16.55 CAD

  • Young, Gifted & Black: The Story of Trojan Records

    When it was formed, Trojan Records epitomised the punk DIY ethic over a decade before 1976. With a blizzard of individual labels and a marketing strategy that involved selling product out of the backs of vans, the company spearheaded the injection of reggae and ska into the vein of British youth consciousness.In its first brief six-year incarnation, Trojan produced nearly 30 hit singles, created ... Read more

    $11.51 CAD

  • Global Reggae

    This collection of illuminating essays highlight the "globalization" of reggae - its global dispersal and adaptation in diverse local contexts of consumption and transformation. ... Read more

    $17.72 CAD

  • Finding Joseph I

    An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains

    A Rough Trade Book of the Year (2017)“Must-read for any fan of both Bad Brains and their enigmatic vocalist” ―No EchoThis gripping oral history features H.R. himself and the people who know him best, including Ian MacKaye, Questlove and members of Sublime and the Deftones.The spiritual leader of Bad Brains was one of the most iconic and legendary front men in punk rock and hardcore. Paul "H.R." ... Read more

    $16.19 CAD

  • Noting Voices

    Contemplating London's Culture

    by Haseeb Iqbal ...
    Series Book 41 - Rough Trade Edition
    Noting Voices: Contemplating London’s Culture is author Haseeb Iqbal’s take on the bubbling ‘London Jazz Scene’ and live music explosion that has consumed the capital in recent years. Having grown up within it all, Haseeb focuses on the spaces that have aided a scene so rich and layered, basing his reflections on five conversations from his ‘Mare Street Records’ podcast. He maps the scene’s growth ... Read more

    $5.30 CAD

  • Dub Revolution

    Jamaica’s Sonic Innovators and the Birth of Remix Culture

    by David Katz ...
    The most abstract, playful and confounding of reggae subgenres, dub is a vital component of sound system culture that has wielded disproportionate influence. Emerging as an underground phenomenon in Kingston during the early 1970s, dub was wrought by sonic alchemists such as King Tubby, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Prince Jammy and Scientist, conjuring musical mutations at the mixing desk. Dub reached ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Culture Is Our Weapon

    Making Music and Changing Lives in Rio de Janeiro

    An inspiring mission to rescue young people from drugs and violence with musicAt a time when interest in Brazilian culture has reached an all-time high, and the stories of one person's ability to improve the lives of others has captured so many hearts, this unique book takes readers to the frontlines of a battle raging over control of the nation's poorest areas. Culture Is Our Weapon tells the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Liberty

    by Jakob Ejersbo ...
    Translated by Mette Petersen ...
    Series series The Africa Trilogy
    The novel behind the new Danish TV series starring The Killing's Sofie Gråbøl, available on All 4 / Walter PresentsTwo young men from very different backgrounds.Christian is the son of Danish ex-pats; Marcus works as a house boy for a Swedish family, hoping they will eventually take him back to Europe with them.Their friendship defines a divided continent.When they decide to go into... ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Sonic Experience

    A Guide to Everyday Sounds

    In a multidisciplinary work spanning musicology, electro-acoustic composition, architecture, urban studies, communication, phenomenology, social theory, physics, and psychology, Jean-François Augoyard, Henry Torgue, and their associates at the Centre for Research on Sonic Space and the Urban Environment (CRESSON) in Grenoble, France, provide an alphabetical sourcebook of eighty sonic/auditory ... Read more

    $27.35 CAD

  • Bass Culture

    La historia del reggae

    Translated by Tomás Cobos ...
    Series Book 5 - Acuarela/Recorridos
    Este libro es un viaje. A los guetos de Jamaica, en el corazón del Caribe, pero también al eco hipnótico de los tambores y los graves primigenios del África profunda. En "Bass Culture: La historia del reggae", Lloyd Bradley cuenta la apasionante historia de la música jamaicana en su contexto social, político, económico y espiritual, desde los sound systems de los años cincuenta, pasando por el ska ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Defense of Ska

    Expanded 2nd Edition

    by Aaron Carnes ...
    One of Pitchfork’s 11 Best Music Books of 2021Recommended book in Rolling Stones June 2021 IssueWith an additional 30,000 words of compelling stories, research, and analysis, music journalist and In Defense of Ska podcast creator/host Aaron Carnes presents the case that ska never died, by jumping headfirst into ska’s “lost years,” i.e., the period after the ’90s third-wave ska boom.New topics ... Read more

    $25.01 CAD

  • There and Black Again

    The Autobiography of Don Letts

    social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity. A British-born son of Windrush parents, he seamlessly pivoted between London’s punk and reggae scenes – earning his reputation as the ‘Rebel Dread’. In There and Black Again, Don Letts looks back on his exceptional life, which has seen him befriend Bob Marley after sneaking into his hotel, join The Clash’s White Riot tour as ... Read more

    $9.62 CAD

  • Positive Vibrations

    Politics, Politricks and the Story of Reggae

    Positive Vibrations tells of how reggae was shaped by, and in turn helped to shape, the politics of Jamaica and beyond, from the rudies of Kingston to the sexual politics and narcotic allegiances of the dancehall. Insightful and full of incident, it explores how the music of a tiny Caribbean island has worked its way into the heart of global pop.From Marcus Garvey’s dreams of Zion, through ska and ... Read more

    $36.62 CAD

  • Pay for Play: An Investigation into the Payola System in Jamaica

    Single Book, #1

    Series Book 1 - Single Book
    This body of work explores the system of payola and the impact it has on the music and broadcast industry in Jamaica, specifically the dancehall space, radio and tv. Theories such as capitalism and the hierarchy culture, ideas such as public and private payola emerge from this work and the idea of reconstructing the music industry's structure. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • So Much Things to Say

    The Oral History of Bob Marley

    “Reggae’s chief eyewitness, dropping testimony on reggae’s chief prophet with truth, blood, and fire.” —Marlon James, Man Booker Prize–winning authorRenowned reggae historian Roger Steffens’s riveting oral history of Bob Marley’s life draws on four decades of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers, and confidants—many speaking publicly for the first time. Hailed by the New York ... Read more

    $17.09 CAD